Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Water Pollution Control
16. Plant for treatment of trade effluent
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The occupier of any premises must treat any trade effluent discharged from the premises in the manner that may be prescribed before the trade effluent is discharged into any drain or land pursuant to a written permission granted under section 15.
premises
“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained under statutory authority or not;
A person using, working or operating any plant for the purpose of treating any trade effluent must use, work or operate and maintain the plant in the manner that the Director‑General may require.
trade effluent
“trade effluent” means any liquid, either with or without particles of matter suspended in the liquid, which is the outflow from any trade, business or manufacture or of any works of engineering or building construction;
Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable —
on the first conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; and
on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.